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BOARDSmicrobiology
Protozoa Pathogens
| species | disease |
|---|---|
| Entamoeba histolytica | Amebic dysentery - trophozoite |
| Balantidum coli | colitis - trophozoite |
| Naegleria flowleri | primary acute meningoencephalitis - trophozoite |
| Giardia Lamblia | camper's diarreha, diarrheal disease, malabsorption, flagellates in stool -- trophozoite |
| Trichomonas vaginalis | urethritis, vaginitis - trophozoite ( frothy discharge female, no S/S males |
| pneumocyctis carinii (fungus) | opportunistic lung infection - trophozoite |
| Plasmodium falciparum | malignant tertian malaria ( black water fever) anopheles mosquito vector, seen in history |
| babesia microti, bovis | babesiasis - similar to malaria in S/S & TX |
| Trypanosoma brucei, rhodesiense, gambiense | African sleeping sickness - Tsetse fly |
| Trypanosoma cruzi | Chaga's Disease |
| Reduviid bug | kissing bug - affects heart, esophagus & colon |
| Leishmania donovani | Kala-azar 75-95% fatal if untreated, increased skin pigmentation splenomegaly, decreased bone marrow |
| Leishmania donovani | vector a sand fly |
| Leishmania tropica, mexicana, brasiliensis | cutaneous & mucocutaneous leishmaniasis vector a sandfly |
| Toxoplasma gondii | toxoplasmosis -- cat feces could be fatal to fetus |